Minnow or ijve bait bucket



Patented Oct. 21, 1941 M NNOW on LIVE BAIT BUCKET James A. Green, FrankC. Miller, and Arthur J.

Miller, Humboldt, and William H. Locke, Da-

kota City, Iowa Application July 27, 1940, Serial No. 347,996

2 Claims.

This invention relates to ,certainnewand useful improvements in minnowor livebait buckets.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a minnow or live baitbucket constructed to permit floating action thereof as well asimmersion. to the desireddepth whenplaced in a body of water and when soplaced, designed to have water circulate therethrough in the absence ofan additional float chamber.

A further object of the invention is to provide a minnow or live bait.bucket of the foregoing character comprising a body portion closed atone end with the other end comprising a telescopic section carrying aclosed wall provided with a perforated hinged cover section, the telescopic section being moved inwardly and outwardly of the main bodyportion for service respectively when the bucket is used as a means fortransporting the minnows or live bait or when the bucket is immersed inwater while fishing.

With the above and other objects in view that will become apparent asthe nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists ingeneral of certain novel details of construction and combination ofparts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing and claimed.

In the drawing:

Figure l is a perspective view of a minnow or live bait bucketconstructed in accordance with the present invention, the same beingillustrated in its upright position for the carrying of bait,

Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of the bucket ininverted position as assumed in Water, with the end wall thereof carriedby a telescopic section in connection with the main body portionprojecting outwardly of the main body portion,

Figure 3 is a detailed sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Figure 1,showing the latch device for holding the end telescopic section in itsadjusted position,

Figure 4 is a detailed sectional view taken on line 4-4 of Figure 1,showing the bucket in upright position, with the telescopic end sectionretained in the body portion of the bucket, and

Figure 5 is a detailed sectional View similar to Figure 4, with thebucket in inverted position and showing the end telescopic sectionretained in its extended position relative to the body portion of thebucket.

The minnow or live bait bucket comprises a cylindrical body ill having abottom wall ll rigidly secured thereto in any appropriate manner as atl2. The upper end-of the bucket ID as shown more clearly'in Figures 2and 4 is provided with inwardly rolled reinforcing annular bead l3.

The open upper end of the bucket H] has a closure designated in generalby the reference character l4 that is telescopically mounted within theopen upper end of the cylindrical body l0 and said closure l4 includes arelatively short annular wall I5 having an outwardly rolled reinforcedannular bead IB at its lower end moving in contact with, the inner faceof the bucket wall It and being movable in alinement with the inwardlydirected bead carried by the wall ID of the bucket as illustratedinFigures 2, 4 and 5. For purposes presently to appear, the annular wallI 5 of the closure'is perforated as at IT.

The upper end of the closure i4 is provided with a top closure wall l8set inwardly of the upper end of the annular wall l5 with the marginaledge of the closure wall I8 having an outwardly directed beadedinterfitting connection as at I!) with the upper edge of the annularwall l5 of the closure, and said beaded connection l9,'when the bucketis in the position shown in Figure l, abuttingly engages the inwardlydirected bead l3 upon the upper edge of the wall I0 of the bucket. Arelatively small lid 20 is hinged as at 2| to the closure wall I8 andhas vent openings 22 therein, the lid 20 permitting access to theinterior of the bucket l0 and said lid is retained in its closedposition by means of a pair of resilient fingers 23 carried by the freeswinging side thereof and adapted for engagement with a keeper 24 asshown in Figures 1 and 2. From an inspection of Figures 1 and 4 it willbe observed that the closure wall I8 is set downwardly of the upper edgeof the bucket so that when removing minnows from the bucket through theopening uncovered by the lid 20 minnows falling upon the closure wall l8can be readily returned to the bucket.

Means is provided for retaining the telescopic closure [4 respectivelyin positions inwardly and outwardly of the bucket ID as shown in Figures4 and 5 and said means includes a pair of latch members respectivelylocated at diametrically opposite sides of the bucket with each latchmember comprising a U-shaped member having side legs 25 and 26 extendingthrough openings in the walls l0 and I5 and connected at their outerends by a manipulating head 21. The legs 25 and 26 extend throughopenings formed in the walls Ill of the bucket, the leg 25 being longerthan the leg 26 and extending through a longitudinally 0a. 21, 1941. L.w. GREVE 2,259,815

LOCKING MEANS FOR FLUID MOTORS Filed May 7, 1938 [II 9, 24 I? INVENTOR mY v ATTORNEY I

